Meeting
Abstract Number: 439
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 37-year-old woman with significant history of intravenous substance abuse, six-year-old mechanical mitral valve replaced for mitral regurgitation and non-adherence to medications presented with shortness of breath and fever (103 F). She was hypotensive (84/64mmHg) and tachycardic (130/minutes). She was intubated and mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure. Lab results were remarkable for […]